Friday, August 12, 2005

I've had it with gas prices. Not so much that they keep incessantly rising, but more the fact that people can't shut up about it.Don't get me wrong, it sucks. Big time.But there's nothing anyone is going to do about it because it is the last form of collusion out there and has gone unchecked. Funny how all gas stations seem to raise their prices at the same time and are always within a cent of each other.But what really ticks me off about it ... what REALLY pisses in my well about the whole thing, is the lame-ass excuses "industry analysts" continually offer for each respective rise in prices.This week, it was the THREAT of a hurricane in the gulf. (A few weeks ago it was a hurricane actually having hit.) Oh, and it was Iran breaking the seals on its uranium-enrichment plants.What!? What in Allah's name does THAT have to do with oil prices!? It's not like Iran is ceasing production of oil because it's proceeding with its nuclear program. If anything, switching to nuclear power should make MORE oil available to sell and thus drive the price down.Or, if it's a "market nervousness" thing, fine, investors would be more likely to sell.

About Me

Ronald Reagan was the last of an 'Old Guard' to predate a 24-hour news cycle that thrives on junk TV and contrarian sound bytes, ever vigilant for the next manufactured outrage.
Reagan communicated great things and did so eloquently. And those who point to Bill Clinton's "eight years of peace and prosperity" would do well to acknowledge the same of Reagan. He oversaw a reinvigoration of America's strength internationally and unprecedented economic growth at home. And his charm and tireless optimism helped pull the nation from the 'national malaise' he inherited from Jimmy Carter.
Reagan may have been the last great president we'll see, at least for a long, long time.